Kaminsky

Not to be confused with Kamensky (surname).

Kaminsky is a surname with various origins. It may be derived from Czech/Slovak Kaminský, Ukrainian: Камінський, Russian: Каминский, Belarusian: Камінскі, or Polish Kamiński. Feminine forms include Kaminská (Czech and Slovak), Kaminska (Polish and Ukrainian), and Kaminskaya (Belarusian and Russian). Its Lithuanian-language counterpart is Kaminskas.

People

• Adolfo Kaminsky (1925–2023), French WWII resistance fighter and document forger
• Alexander Kaminsky (1829–1897), Russian architect
• Berta Kaminskaya (1853-1878), Ukrainian Narodnik
• Bohdan Kaminský (pen name of Karel Bušek) (1859–1929), Czech poet and translator
• Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski, (1899–1944), General-Major of Waffen-SS
• Dan Kaminsky (1979–2021), American computer security expert
• David Kaminsky (born 1938), Israeli basketball player
• David Daniel Kaminsky, birth name of American comic Danny Kaye (1911–1987)
• Dina Kaminskaya (1919–2006), Russian-American lawyer and human rights activist
• Frank Kaminsky (born 1993), American basketball player
• Graciela Kaminsky, American economist
• Grigory Kaminsky (1895–1938), Soviet politician
• Ilya Kaminsky (born 1977), Russian-American poet and professor
• James Kaminsky, American editor
• Josef Kaminský (1878–1944), Czechoslovak politician
• Laura Kaminsky (born 1956), American composer
• Max Kaminsky (1912–1961), Canadian hockey player
• Max Kaminsky (1908–1994), American musician
• Melvin Kaminsky, birth name of American comic Mel Brooks (born 1926)
• Patrik Kaminský (born 1978), Slovak footballer
• Rafael Kaminsky, birth name of Rafael Eitan (1929–2004), Israeli general
• Rob Kaminsky (born 1994), American baseball player
• Stuart M. Kaminsky (1934–2009), American mystery author
• Todd Kaminsky (born 1978), American politician, great-nephew of Mel Brooks
• Valiantsina Kaminskaya (born 1987), Belarusian-Ukrainian cross-country skier
• Victoria Kaminskaya (born 1995), Portuguese swimmer
• Walter Kaminsky (born 1941), German chemist
• Yan Kaminsky (born 1971), Russian-American ice hockey player

Fictional characters

• Mikhail "Misha" Kaminsky, character in the anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
• Fedyor Kaminsky, character in the book series Shadow and Bone

See also

• All pages with titles containing Kaminsky